Top 10 Most Well-Read Cities in US

Amazon released its list of the Top 20 Most Well-Read Cities in America, which was compiled from data for book, magazine and newspaper sales in both print and Kindle format since January 1, 2011, on a per capita basis in cities with more than 100,000 residents. Amazon's Top 20 Most Well-Read Cities are:

1. Cambridge, MA
2. Alexandria, VA
3. Berkeley, CA
4. Ann Arbor, MI
5. Boulder, CO
6. Miami, FL
8 Salt Lake City, UT
9. Gainesville, FL
10. Seattle, WA
11. Arlington, VA
12. Knoxville, TN
13. Orlando, FL
14. Pittsburgh, PA
15. Washington, D.C.
16. Bellevue, WA
17. Columbia, SC
18. St. Louis, MO
19. Cincinnati, OH
20. Portland, OR
21. Atlanta, GA


Cambridge topped the list of cities that ordered the most nonfiction books; Boulder ordered the most books in the Cooking, Food & Wine category; and Alexandria bought the most children's books.

Read Macy Halford's Article in the New Yorker about this list.